Recipe for a Room: Moving Outside

Take these easy decorating tips with you

Establish Unity Coordinate furnishings with their surroundings. Here, accessories in warm oranges, yellows, and pinks coordinate with a brick floor, enliven neutral furniture, and balance a backdrop of cool, green lawns and tan and white houses.

Create Continuity Visually link areas by repeating materials. On this porch floor, red bricks set in a herringbone pattern echo paving on the front walk.

Infuse Energy Avoid a static look in a seating area by positioning the most prominent piece (usually a sofa or a love seat) at an angle. Then, for satisfying symmetry, place chairs of similar size on either side of it.

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